WEC: No increase, decrease in late-arriving mail-in ballots

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(The Center Square) – Wisconsin's Elections Commission says there was no increase in late mail-in ballots last month, but there also wasn't a decline. The commission this week released a survey of local election clerks that focused on the problem of ballots that are delayed through the mail. These individual reports were concerning, but their anecdotal nature prevented a thorough analysis of the situation.

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• The commission did not ask local clerks exactly how many late ballots they received or how many ballots were not counted because they were late.
• Staff therefore asked Wisconsin County and Municipal clerks to share their experiences through a standardized online survey," the Commission wrote in a report.
• The survey found that 48% of clerks said the number was about the same number of late ballots.
• Hundreds of ballots in Milwaukee, Madison and across the state were not counted because they arrived at local election offices after the deadline at 8 p.m.